Annabel said: ‘I thought the ship was going to sink, but it didn’t.’

Mouritzen smiled at her. ‘The ship will not sink.’

She said accusingly: ‘You said that when I woke up we would be in Amsterdam.’

‘The storm blew us the wrong way.’

‘Are we nearly in Amsterdam?’

‘We were blown a long, long way. It may be a little time before we find our way back.’

Annabel looked at him. ‘I know something.’

‘What is that?’

‘The bear is in the cabin we were in first.’

‘That is exciting – to have a bear in a cabin. Do you think she sleeps in the top bunk or the bottom one?’

Disappointed, she said: ‘I think you knew already.’

‘Why?’

‘Because you weren’t surprised. I thought you would be surprised.’

‘She is a clever bear, that one,’ Mouritzen said. ‘That is why I am not surprised. Her grandfather was the big bear who decided he would live like a man.’